A commission (in English) from the queen to deprive John bishop of Lincoln, John bishop
of Worcester and Gloucester, and John bishop of Hereford, who had been made bishops by king
Edward VI with the express clause
quamdiu se bene gesserit.

(Printed by Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation, vol. ii. Records to book II. number 12; Rymer, vol. xv. p. 370;
quoted in Appendix III,
"STATE PAPERS OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY DURING THE YEARS 1553 AND 1554"
in THE CHRONICLE OF QUEEN JANE AND TWO YEARS OF QUEEN MARY,
"EDITED,
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS AND NOTES,
BY
JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, ESQ. F.S.A.,
PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.L.")

The angel of the Lord, having taken care to make him fit for his office (and all that God calls to
any office he either finds fit or makes so), invests him in it. And though he is not
made a priest with
an oath
(that honour is reserved for him who is a priest after
the order of Melchisedek, Heb. 7:21),
yet, being a type of him, he is inaugurated with a solemn declaration of the terms upon which he held
his office. The angel of the Lord protested to Joshua that, if he would be sure to do the duty of his
place, he should enjoy the dignity and reward of it. Now see, (1.) What the conditions are upon
which he enters into his office. Let him know that he is upon his good behaviour; he must
walk in
God's ways,
that is, he must live a good life and be holy in all manner of conversation; he must go
before the people in the paths of God's commandments, and walk circumspectly. He must also
keep
God's charge, must carefully do all the services of the priesthood, and must see to it that the inferior
priests performed the duties of their place decently and in order. He must
take heed to himself, and
to all the flock, Acts 20:28. Note, Good ministers must be good Christians;
yet that is not enough:
they have a trust committed to them, they are charged with it, and they must keep it with all possible
care, that they may give up their account of it with joy, 1 Tim. 6:14. (2.) What the privileges are
which we may expect, and be assured of, in the due discharge of his office. His patent runs,
Quamdiu
se bene gesserit—During good behaviour.
Let him be sure to do his part, and
God will own him.